The biggest geeks can't know everything

From Hipster Book Club, an article on the influence of anxiety: Writers in Love. From The Pomegranate, a review of Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century by Joshua Gunn; and a review essay on Tarot Studies as scholarship. There are some natural phenomena whose wonder only deepens upon scientific investigation — take the orgasm. From LiveScience, a series of articles on dying. Aubrey de Grey wants to wish you a happy 200th birthday. If you are ever lucky enough to have philosophers in town for a conference, observe closely. 20 things you didn’t know about Science Fiction: Even the biggest geeks can't know everything. A review of Who Runs Britain? How the Super-Rich are Changing Our Lives by Robert Peston (and more). The introduction to Flatland: The Movie Edition. From Quarterly Review, an interview with ecologist Kirkpatrick Sale, apostle of catastrophe. Reinventing "24": Jack Bauer's newest nemesis isn't a terrorist — it's public opinion. "Lost" in political philosophy: The popular show drops plenty of clues but, can you trust them? Walter Berns on religion and the death penalty: Can't have one without the other? The journalist turned journo-lobbyist's bid to be PR czar: The wild career of James "Dow 36,000" Glassman. What Bach owes North Africa: Yo-Yo Ma on looking back at globalization's benefits.